The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 689 Ten Enemies

Last year, when the two places of Denglai were hit by disasters, they also received 85 shi in land taxes.

Phi Island Lvshun is unified into 60%, nearly 25 mu of land, because there are some sweet potatoes and potatoes, and [-] stones are actually collected.

Jeju Island is unified into 40 percent, nearly 55 mu of land, and there are a lot of sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes, and the actual harvest is [-] shi.

So far, last year Ding Yi collected a total of 160 million shi in these places.

Last year, Denglai and Denglai collected 170 million taels of commercial tax. Both Lushun and Jeju temporarily confiscated commercial tax, because the business in the two places is relatively backward, and most of them are opened by Ding Yi himself. money.

Last year, Ding Yi's own business income in Denglai and Denglai, including sales, mineral resources, etc., was 38 taels.

Yanli in Lushun Phi Island runs merchants, sells guns and cannons, and various commercial sales, including the silver sent by Japan's Amakusa Shiro, totaling 330 million taels throughout the year.

Jeju business income is 24 taels.

In this way, last year Ding Yi received a total of 560 million taels of silver and 160 million shi of grain in these places (excluding senior officials and other places in Shandong).

It was the first time for all civil and military personnel to hear such data, and they were all shocked.

And according to Ruan Wenlong, last year's wheat production was reduced due to the weather, otherwise the production could have been even higher.

Many people even see several problems from these data.

One is that commercial tax is really important, and the other is that running a business on the sea is very profitable.

These are also the two big heads with the fastest and most money from Ding Yi.

Considering that Emperor Chongzhen's annual income was almost half of Ding Yi's with the power of the Ming Dynasty, it can be seen that the Ming Dynasty is really about to perish.

But some people are still throwing cold water on them, why are they happy? Zheng Zhilong sits in Quanzhou and sends out flags, earning tens of millions a year.

Everyone was speechless.

Ding Yi now has a lot of income, but his expenses are not small.

After Ruan Wenlong reported his expenses, everyone found that he hadn't saved any money yet.

Ding Yi is now counted as his soldiers, including the soldiers and horses of the three towns of Daming. The big officials still don't count, there are nearly 170 soldiers and horses, and nearly [-] million salary is paid a year.

All craftsmen, skilled workers, officials, clerks, doctors, teachers, etc. in all places (including the three towns and the prefectures in Shandong Province) have exceeded 4, and the hoarding of soldiers has exceeded 140. The two spend [-] million a year.

The entire army spent nearly 80 yuan on various ordnance and equipment manufacturing, armor manufacturing, warship building, gunpowder consumption, horse feeding, and casualty pensions.

This is also the case that he does not need money for iron, wood, and copper materials, and he gets them directly from Japan and North Korea, otherwise the expenditure will double.

In addition, it is 85 yuan in various expenses such as education, construction, drainage of victims, land storage, and water conservancy construction.

There are also two governments plus Lushun to pay 6 taels of tax to the Ming court.

In this way, Ding Yi had a net deposit of 81 taels of silver last year. Of course, he basically saved silver every year before, and now Ruan Wenlong probably saved less than 300 million taels.

Ding Yi himself couldn't believe it after hearing it.

Originally, he thought that he was already very rich, but he didn't expect that the larger the territory, the larger the population, the larger the army, the greater the consumption.

He raised less than 480 soldiers and horses, 500 staff members, [-] hoarded soldiers, and other seven or eighty-eight, and his annual expenditure has reached more than [-] million, which is close to [-] million.

He makes more money than the Ming Dynasty, and spends more than the Ming Dynasty.

This is because he produces many things by himself, including war horses, shipbuilding wood, cattle (cowhide), sheep (sheepskin), seafood, fruits, food and most other living materials, and all minerals are supplied by himself.

Of course, the reason why he spent so much money is because he had a lot of money in recent years, so he was a bit extravagant, especially since Ding Yi began to pay attention to the construction of infrastructure and the improvement of military equipment. He spent a lot of money in these two directions.

Then, there is good news that last year he consumed 80 shi of grain for his own use, drainage of victims, and raising horses, and 80 shi of surplus grain.

So last year his annual income was 81 taels of silver and 80 stone grains.

Considering that the current price of grain is relatively high, the profit last year could still exceed 200 million taels of silver.

At the scene, Zhu Wenwu heard that he was making money, and finally smiled.

It sounds like they made a lot of profits last year, but this is the combined surplus of Dongjiang Town, Terengganu and Jeju last year.

Ding Yi still spent money in Dayuan and the other three towns, and even Jinan, and Qingzhou and other Shandong prefectures.

Therefore, Ruan Wenlong immediately smiled wryly. Last year, the officials and other places still lost money.

"Damn it." There was scolding all around, the generals scolded, and the civil servants shook their heads.

The big staff has occupied it for so many years, but it is still a loss.

Based on the calculations of subsidized officials and other places, Ding Yi now occupies so many territories, with a population of more than 200 million, and an annual profit of about 100 million, which is barely qualified.

The point is that Ding Yi has been in the habit of saving grain and silver for the past few years. The grain is stored every year, and then the new grain is exchanged for the old grain, and the old grain is used to save the new grain.

Now Ruan Wenlong has deposited 290 million taels of silver for Ding Yi, 30 shi in Dengzhou, 30 shi in Lushun and Phi Island, 20 shi in Jeju Island, and a total of 80 shi in the three places.

After Ding Yi waited for Ruan Wenlong to finish speaking, he said with a serious face: "This time I came all the way from Guangdong, and there were natural disasters and refugees everywhere, and there were also panics in Jiangnan and other places. I guess the price of food will become higher and higher in the future."

All the civil servants nodded.

"Last year we also occupied Tianjin, Jizhen, Jinan and other towns and prefectures. The population under our control is actually close to [-] million. If there are natural disasters in the future and the people have nothing to eat, we will take care of them."

Everyone nodded solemnly again. Except for Yanzhou and Dongchang, the whole Shandong Province is actually under the control of Ding Yi.

In addition to Jizhen and Tianjin, the population under the rule is close to tens of millions. If there is any major natural disaster, he will be there to relieve the disaster.

Of course, at this time, Jizhen and Tianjin, including the prefectures in Shandong, should hoard land. If the autumn harvest is not lost, Ding Yi can still levy a land tax in the future.

"This year's 80 stone grains will not be sold for the time being."

In the past, they had surplus grain and would sell it to keep 80 grain in storage in the three places. This year, Ding Yi decided to save all of it and not sell it, so that he would have 160 million stone grain in hand. Cope with it.

Ruan Wenlong said: "According to our observations in various places, there is very little rain this year, and drought is likely to occur next year. We need to prepare early."

Ding Yi nodded: "I think so too, and there may be a plague of locusts."

Hiss, there was panic all around.

At this time, everyone felt that Mr. Ding had the foresight. For the first time in the past two years, he received millions of dollars in commercial taxes. Irrigated the farmland. At that time, everyone felt that Mr. Ding would start to waste money as soon as he had money.

Facts have proved that Ding Yi is right again.

"The impact of the drought on us in Denglei must be minimal, or even negligible, but droughts in other places will inevitably have a large number of refugees flocking here."

"We must be prepared. I have decided that this year, the ports south of Fushansuo (now Qingdao) and Laizhou will be used to transport refugees."

Many people will explain that the end is the Little Ice Age. The Little Ice Age, in fact, from the Yuan Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, belonged to the Little Ice Age. Why didn’t the Qing Dynasty be like the Ming Dynasty?
The ultimate reason for the collapse of the Ming Dynasty is too complicated, and there are different opinions, but it must not have the greatest relationship with Little Binghe.

And next year (the 14th year of Chongzhen), there will definitely be a severe drought.

Fushan Institute and Laizhou are on the front line of the Denglai area, and they are also at the outermost periphery. This time, Ding Yi does not intend to drag people to Dengzhou to board the boat.

Afraid of affecting the interior of Denglai, because now he can control the entire Denglai area, and everything is in order. If so many refugees come in, it will definitely affect the normal operation of Denglai.

So Ding Yi decided to keep the refugees out of Denglai.

The north departs from Laizhou Port and boards a ship to Jeju.

In the south, go from Fushan (Qingdao), board a ship and transport it to Dayuan.

The task this year is to expand Fushansuo Qingdao Port to ensure that when there are refugees next year, they can board the ship from Qingdao Port in an orderly manner.

At the same time, in Laizhou, the food stockpiled by Fushan can be used to cook porridge for disaster relief and stabilize the hearts of refugees.

Of course, there is still a screening process among the refugees. Artisans, doctors, and literate ones are transported separately, but Dengzhou and Lushun are not kept, and all are sent to Dayuan and Jeju.

The soldiers stationed in Jiaozhou, Pingdu, and Laizhou are responsible for blocking this line and ensuring that no refugees will enter Denglaizhou next year.

Of course, Ding Yi is not sure whether there will be a locust plague next year. He can only say, "As for the locust plague, I'm not sure, but we also need to prevent it before it happens."

"Starting from this year, the Ministry of Publicity and Intelligence must vigorously publicize that locusts are edible."

"Tang Taizong Li Shimin personally took the lead in eating locusts. Of course, he had something for show, but locusts can indeed be eaten."

"Eat locusts that haven't changed color, and they have medical value."

Of course Ding Yi blew it to death. He couldn't say that locusts are actually poisonous.

What he said is elsewhere, or no one believes it, but he is definitely a god-like existence here in Dongjiang Town, and no one will doubt his words.

And in history, Tang Taizong Li Shimin did eat it.

But it is not realistic to rely on people to catch and eat, so Ding Yi asked to raise more chickens and ducks this year, and asked all the people to raise them at home.

If you can't use it, you can sell it to our Dongjiang Army at that time, and it's best to use it.

Other methods of killing locusts, such as burying, burning, and digging eggs, must be promoted, and whatever is used will be used.

Promote, mobilize, and make preparations this year, so that if next year comes, you won't be in a hurry.

He has absolute control over the Shandong area. If these arrangements continue, all regions will seriously implement them. I believe that by then, there will be results, and even if there are losses, they will definitely be minimized.

In April of the 13th year of Chongzhen, the Shandong area fully mobilized propaganda, dug wells, repaired canals, raised ducks and chickens, and made the entire Shandong run in an orderly manner.

At the beginning of May, Li Zhongyi from the Artisan Bureau came to Ding Yi, and they finally created the latest ten-man enemy according to Ding Yi's request.

Before, Ding Yi asked the Craftsman Bureau to create an enemy of ten thousand or a hundred, all of which were used to defend the city.

Among them, a hundred enemies weighed three catties, and because they were made in a round shape at that time, it was difficult to throw them far.

So Ding Yi has always wanted to make hand grenades or grenades for field battles.

But the blueprint that Ding Yi drew in the end was a grenade.

But the fuze problem has not been resolved.

Because the Craftsmanship Bureau stated that the fuze made of pure gunpowder would burn too fast and explode early, and the grenade was relatively small, so it was not suitable for making a long fuze.

　Some people say that the pace is a bit slow, let's speed up the pace later, the last two or three chapters have directly spanned a year, so it's fast enough.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)